Last Day at Disney

Saturday was our last day at Disney. As cheesy as it sounds, it was a magical day. (It was so neat, that it has taken me FOREVER to finish this post!)

After checking out of the Disney hotel (we moved to another hotel in Orlando for the night after spending the day at Magic Kingdom).

Mama J and Jackson smile at breakfast.


Of course we had to hit the teacups right away. Jackson wanted to ride with Mama J and Papa J again. We lucked out on rain most of the trip, but we were not so lucky on our last day. On with the rain ponchos!


Before our trip, Jackson kept calling Disney World "Mickey Mouse's House". We finally got to go see Mickey's real house! We started with Minnie's house though. Jackson tried out Minnie's chair.


Jackson looks at Minnie's nick-knacks.


He LOVED Minnie's kitchen. It was somewhat interactive.


Papa J takes Jackson around Minnie's house. We headed to Mickey's house next. Mickey's house was just a tour and the kids didn't get to interact too much with the furniture or decorations.

After touring the houses, we caught the train to the front of the park.

We got off the train and the parade was going by. We had to stop and watch! Jackson loved watching the parade and was intent in his observations.

After touring the grounds and riding our favorite rides again, we went to dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern. I had made reservations for this family style meal that featured Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip and Dale. I hadn't heard too much about this character meal, but figured we would give it a try. This meal was the highlight of the trip! Here are a select few of the at least one hundred pictures of the evening!

When we arrived, we were seated. We noticed that the characters were moving from table to table. First up for us. . . Pluto.

Pluto stopped by the table. Jackson was a little hesitant, but we thought he would be. Here's a group shot of us (don't forget we had been in the rain most of the day!).


Next up. . . Minnie. Jackson warmed up a little more with Minnie.


Goofy was next. Notice Jackson's smile. He was starting to feel just a little more comfortable with the characters.


Then Chip came to the table. Jackson was still a little nervous, but he wasn't crawling up me anymore.

Then there was Dale. Dale. We LOVE Dale!! Dale came to our table next.

Jackson liked Dale.


We think Dale liked Jackson. Dale started tickling Jackson. Dale started kissing Jackson. Dale patted Jackson on the back and head. We were all just so excited. Before long, Jackson was loving Dale back!


Jackson even started kissing Dale!! Dale spent so much time at our table that our food was cold by the time he left. "He" had to have spent at least 15 minutes interacting with Jackson. IT WAS PERFECT! It only got better. . .


Goofy stopped back by. Jackson kissed Goofy!


Minnie stopped back by! Look at this perfect picture!


Pluto stopped back by and teased with Jackson.


Dale stopped BACK by and played with Jackson some more!


Dale took Jackson's phone and started playing with it.


Then Goofy started entertaining us. He went over to a bell hanging from the beam and started ringing the bell to the tune of "Mickey Mouse". Before long, everyone was singing and clapping to "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E." It was fun!


Then Chip stopped back to play with Jackson. . .


Goofy continued to move around the restaurant and started tripping on his big feet. He ran into the beam and bumped his head. Jackson yelled, "Be careful Goofy!" Goofy turned towards Jackson and walked towards him. He showed Jackson how he had fallen in slow motion. He came back to Jackson and pat him agreeing that he should be careful.

What a FABULOUS evening. It was truly Disney magic. Needless to say, we headed straight to the Disney Christmas store after the meal and bought a Chip and Dale ornament. Dale is our hero and a new favorite character!! It really couldn't have gotten any better.

Before we left the park, we wanted to get a good picture of Jackson with Papa J in their Mickey ears. Jackson was so funny! He wouldn't quit kissing Papa J for the picture! We have 20 pictures of Jackson kissing Papa J! I think he was pretty happy with the evening too.

Jackson kissing Papa J.


My second favorite picture.


My favorite picture. I think this picture describes Jackson's relationship with Papa J perfectly.

What a fabulous trip! Thomas is already asking when we are going back. Maybe in a couple of years. . .